ذوي جاه و وجه معروف قوله و ينتقصون بنا أي يعيبوننا قوله عليه السلام يقيض له أي يسبب له.

men of rank and known standing. And the words "yantaqisuna bina": that is, they find fault with us. And his words, peace be upon him, "yuqayyidu lahu": that is, He makes it available for him.

«13»- ج، الإحتجاج الْكُلَيْنِيُّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ الْعَمْرِيَّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُوصِلَ لِي كِتَاباً سَأَلْتُ فِيهِ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ أَشْكَلَتْ عَلَیَّ فَوَرَدَ التَّوْقِيعُ بِخَطِّ مَوْلَانَا صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ عَجَّلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَرَجَهُ وَ أَمَّا الْحَوَادِثُ الْوَاقِعَةُ فَارْجِعُوا فِيهَا إِلَى رُوَاةِ حَدِيثِنَا فَإِنَّهُمْ حُجَّتِي عَلَيْكُمْ وَ أَنَا حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ الْخَبَرَ.

Al-Ihtijaj: Ishaq b. Ya'qub says: I asked Muhammad b. 'Uthman al-'Amri, may God have mercy on him (one of the four deputies), to deliver for me a letter in which I had asked about difficult questions. Then a rescript came forth in the blessed hand of our master the Lord of the Age (may God hasten his relief): As for the new questions and the events that newly arise, in them refer to the narrators of our hadiths, for they are my proof upon you and I am the proof of God… to the end of the hadith.

«14»- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ صَغِيرٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ رِبْعِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ١ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَبَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يُجْرِيَ الْأَشْيَاءَ إِلَّا بِالْأَسْبَابِ فَجَعَلَ لِكُلِّ سَبَبٍ شَرْحاً وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ شَرْحٍ عِلْماً وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ عِلْمٍ بَاباً نَاطِقاً عَرَفَهُ مَنْ عَرَفَهُ وَ جَهِلَهُ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله وَ نَحْنُ.

Basa'ir al-Darajat: Rib'i says: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: God refuses to make matters run save through their causes; and for every cause He has appointed an exposition, and for every exposition He has appointed a knowledge, and for every knowledge He has appointed a speaking gate. He who has knowledge knows it, and he who is ignorant does not know it; and that speaking gate is the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, and ourselves.

«15»- ير، بصائر الدرجات الْقَاشَانِيُّ عَنِ الْيَقْطِينِيِّ يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام أَبَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يُجْرِيَ الْأَشْيَاءَ إِلَّا بِالْأَسْبَابِ فَجَعَلَ لِكُلِّ شَيْ ءٍ سَبَباً وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ سَبَبٍ شَرْحاً وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ شَرْحٍ مِفْتَاحاً وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ مِفْتَاحٍ عِلْماً وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ عِلْمٍ بَاباً نَاطِقاً مَنْ عَرَفَهُ عَرَفَ اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ أَنْكَرَهُ أَنْكَرَ اللَّهَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ ٢.

Basa'ir al-Darajat: Al-Yaqtini related with an elevated chain from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: God refuses to make matters run save through their causes; and for everything He has appointed a cause, and for every cause He has appointed an exposition, and for every exposition He has appointed a key, and for every key He has appointed a knowledge, and for every knowledge He has appointed a speaking gate. Whoever knows him has known God, and whoever denies him has denied God. And that speaking gate is the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, and ourselves.

بيان: لعل المراد بالشی ء ذي السبب القرب و الفوز و الكرامة و الجنة و سببه الطاعة و ما يوجب حصول تلك الأمور و شرح ذلك السبب هو الشريعة المقدسة و المفتاح الوحي النازل لبيان الشرع و علم ذلك المفتاح بالتحريك أي ما يعلم به هو الملك الحامل للوحي و الباب الذي به يتوصل إلى هذا العلم هو رسول اللّٰه صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله و الأئمة عليهم السلام.

Elucidation: Perhaps what is meant by "the thing that has a cause" is nearness, success, honour and Paradise; and its cause is obedience and whatever brings those things about. "The exposition of that cause" is the holy law; "its key" is revelation; and "the gate" through which one reaches this knowledge is the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, and the infallible Imams, peace be upon them.

«16»- ير، بصائر الدرجات السِّنْدِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام وَ عِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ الْأَعْمَى وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ

Basa'ir al-Darajat: Sulayman says: I heard Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him — while there sat with him a man of the people of Basra named 'Uthman al-A'ma, who was saying: